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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that explores topics relevant to open education resources and massive open online courses. Recent evolvements in blended learning technology are enabling humans in all parts of the world to be participants in courses online. Massively open online courses are customarily free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that e-learning technology organizations are having to struggle with in 2015 because e-learning technology is improving so swiftly. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can stakeholders certify that the quality control for these massively open online courses is respectable? How can organizations assure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these MOOC classes? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can we handle problems like low motivation and high learner attrition?

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